Some Lesser Known Facts About Mark Nutsch

Nutsch was the commander of the 12-man Green Berets from 5th Special Forces Group on a mission to Afghanistan in the weeks after 9/11 terrorist attacks.

With the help of his troops and Muslim counterparts in Afghanistan, he not only captured the strategic city of Mazar-i-Sharif, but also topple the Taliban.

When he left for mission Afghanistan, he left behind his two little boys, both under the age of 5, and his beloved wife, who was six months pregnant.

His team was the first group of American soldiers who landed in Afghanistan and straightaway founded themselves in deep trouble as they were outnumbered 5000 to 1 soldier by the Taliban militants, and their lives were under constant threat due to the huge bounty placed on their heads.

In those difficult times in Afghanistan where they hardly had a transport medium in the mountain region with lack of roads, the Afghani politician, Abdul Rashid Dostum provided his team with horses, out of which only Nutsch was an expert rodeo rider as he grew up on horses in Kansas.

After retiring, Maj. Mark Nutsch served as a reservist in special operations.

In 2017, a documentary called ‘Legion of Brothers’ was released, which was inspired by his role in Afghanistan war.

On January 19, 2018, the war drama film ’12 Strong’ was released, based on 12 American special ops soldiers, including Mark Nutsch, who fought with Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. In the film, Chris Hemsworth played the role of Captain Mitch Nelson, which was inspired by the heroics of Mark Nutsch.